Ian Yard-Smith, CEO of NSW’s Catholic Employment Relations, is one of many Catholic leaders committing to raise funds in the Vinnies CEO Sleepout on Thursday 17th June – read more Stephen Mam, a member of the national working group for the Uluru Statement from the Heart, explains what the statement is about – read more […]
People in the News – week of Monday 7th June 2021
ACBC president Archbishop Mark Coleridge names the three priorities of the Bishops Conference – read more Vinnies’ Brisbane president Trish McMahon says the rental crisis has seen an unprecedented number of requests for support as winter approaches – read more Inaugural Laurel Blow Speaker Series presenter Aunty Evelyn Parkin said she found her spirituality in […]
Are we embracing failure enough in our lives?
For a dose of inspiration, we encourage you to look at this highlights package from a 2011 graduation address by Denzel Washington. Which made us wonder, are we embracing failure enough in our lives? Failure gets a bad wrap. Beginning in childhood and continuing through to adulthood, we are encouraged to avoid failure. Overwhelmingly, failure […]
People in the News – week of Monday 31st May 2021
Congratulations to Paul Jans on his appointment as Assistant Director: Business Services for Catholic Education Ballarat – read more Brisbane’s St Stephen’s Cathedral Dean Fr Anthony Mellor says a flag-raising ceremony for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags is another important step towards recognition and celebration of the first peoples of Australia – read more […]
People in the News – week of Monday 24th May 2021
Merger of Rosebery, Waterloo and Redfern parishes in Sydney gets the blessing from Sydney Catholics – read more Rockhampton Diocesan Director of Catholic Education, Leesa Jeffcoat, congratulates attendees at the Catholic Education Youth Pilgrimage – read more 2021 Ballarat Leadership Awards were presented to Eileen Rice, Principal of St Alipius Primary School, Ballarat and Cheryl […]
People in the News – week of Monday 17th May 2021
National Catholic Education Executive Director Jacinta Collins says the National Mass to celebrate the bicentenary of Catholic education in Australia will be a highlight of the bicentenary year – read more Queensland Catholic Education Commission Executive Director Dr Lee-Anne Perry welcomes additional kindergarten funding – read more Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP welcomes Pope Francis’ […]
People in the News – week of Monday 10th May 2021
Sally FitzGerald, Australian Capital Territory, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Councillor, has initiated a project to provide care packages for Indigenous people in palliative care – read more Brisbane Catholic Education Deputy Executive Director Doug Ashleigh said the BCE partnership with ENGIE is an important step towards realising energy sustainability goals for schools […]
People in the News – week of Monday 3rd May 2021
Centacare Sunshine Coast Area Manager, Adam Beck, says a Sunshine Coast vigil and march in Maroochydore aims to raise awareness of domestic and family violence and offer support – read more Ursula Stephens, CEO of Catholic Social Services Australia, has been appointed chief executive officer of recently-formed Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd – read more ORDER of […]
How to make hard choices in your career
Ruth Chang’s engaging TED talk on hard choices helps to uncover a hidden power that we all have. That being that we all have the ability to create reason. But what is the significance of that? And why is it so powerful? It’s where we get to stand behind our reasons and say, “this is […]
People in the News – week of Monday 26th April 2021
Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge celebrated a Multicultural Mass on the 65th anniversary of Inala parish – read more St Vincent de Paul national vice president Jacob Miller says young homeless people deserve our help, as demand for youth homelessness services skyrockets in Brisbane – read more Bishop Anthony Randazzo commissioned the four Diocese of Broken […]
